20 movies like Prey for Rock and Roll, ordered by similarity : Rocketman(2019), The High Note(2020), The Cheetah Girls 2(2006), Notes on a Scandal(2006), Lovesong(2016), Gook(2017), Rosetta(1999), My Feral Heart(2016), Patti Cake$(2017), Unhook the Stars(1996), The History Boys(2006), La môme(2007) ...
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2003
103 Minutes
Gina Gershon Drea de Matteo Lori Petty Shelly Cole Marc Blucas Ivan Martin Eddie Driscoll Shakara Ledard
singer drummer bassist producer mother inspiring sultry los angeles dreams aging rock 'n' roll music industry friendship pursuit sacrifice 1990s
Prey For Rock & Roll is the story of Jacki and her all-girl rock and roll band, Clam Dandy, who are trying to make it in the LA club scene of the late 1980s. After ten years of being ... See full summary »
Musical, Biography, Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK|USA|Canada
2019
121 Minutes
Taron Egerton Jamie Bell Richard Madden Gemma Jones Bryce Dallas Howard Steven Mackintosh Stephen Graham Tate Donovan Charlie Rowe Matthew Illesley Kit Connor
musician singer-songwriter superstar band manager friend wild creative tense inspiring stage backstage england house stardom fame wealth music relationships rise adventure
A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
Drama, Music, Comedy
USA
2020
113 Minutes
Dakota Johnson Tracee Ellis Ross Kelvin Harrison Jr. Ice Cube Zoë Chao Eddie Izzard June Diane Raphael Bill Pullman Diplo Ben Lewis Deniz Akdeniz
personal assistant superstar singer manager passionate creative emotional inspiring new york city ballroom detroit los angeles concert hall stage talent egoism chasing dreams music business aging pursuit
The screams of the children echo throughout the night as a violent reminder of a demon of the past. La Llorona, a paranormal force has returned and seeks the blood of the innocent, proving that the legend is real.
Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
2006
96 Minutes
Raven-Symone Adrienne Bailon Kiely Williams Sabrina Bryan Belinda Lori Anne Alter Abel Folk Golan Yosef
teen girl pop star singer singer-songwriter friend creative engaging passionate positive spirited uplifting barcelona manhattan music competition music stage spain coffee shop fame stardom singing
Members (Raven, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams) of a teenage vocal group find adventure while participating in a music festival in Barcelona, Spain.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK
2006
98 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Judi Dench Bill Nighy Tameka Empson Max Lewis Andrew Simpson Juno Temple Alice Bird Emma Kennedy
student teacher friend husband adulterer dark passionate emotional engaging high school house scandal affair desperation friendship betrayal child abuse pursuit forbidden love 2000s
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond a platonic friendship.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2016
84 Minutes
Jena Malone Riley Keough Brooklyn Decker Ryan Eggold Rosanna Arquette Amy Seimetz Cary Joji Fukunaga Marshall Chapman
mother young girl father girlfriend friend young man witty inspiring hedonistic house train station car lake parent/child relationship road trip sacrifice forbidden love adventure discovery 21st century
The relationship between two friends deepens during an impromptu road trip.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Justin Chon Simone Baker Curtiss Cook Jr. David So Chris Jai Alex Isaiah Jarel Cesar Garcia Trinecia Moore-Pernell Ben Munoz Omono Okojie
brother business owner young girl family member dreamy fiery emotional moving los angeles shoe store street family business riots friendship honor dreams aspirations love pursuit sacrifice
2 Korean American brothers run a shoe store in LA county. Their friend, black 11 y.o. Kamilla, drops in and helps. This day, the Rodney King verdict ignites the 1992 LA riots.
Drama
France|Belgium
1999
95 Minutes
Émilie Dequenne Jean-Pierre Dardenne Fabrizio Rongione Anne Yernaux Olivier Gourmet
teen girl mother friend boss dark gritty moving belgium trailer street factory poverty alcoholism friendship mother/daughter relationship employment growing up underdog sacrifice 1990s
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.
Drama
UK
2016
83 Minutes
Suzanna Hamilton Darren Kent Pixie Le Knot Will Rastall Eileen Pollock Jason Wright Steven Brandon Shana Swash Edward Wilkinson Rachael Cox
down syndrome sufferer friend young girl outsider young boy mother charming emotional engaging heartwarming inspiring moving english countryside nursing home home town field barn loss love
Luke, an independent young man with Down's syndrome stumbles upon a wild and life changing friendship.
Drama, Music
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Danielle Macdonald Bridget Everett Cathy Moriarty Siddharth Dhananjay Mamoudou Athie Patrick Brana Sahr Ngaujah MC Lyte McCaul Lombardi Wass Stevens Nick Sandow
rapper young woman grandmother friend emotional heartwarming inspiring moving bar house neighborhood rap music glory family friendship misfortune alcohol escape love pursuit
PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
Drama
France|USA
1996
103 Minutes
Gena Rowlands Marisa Tomei Gérard Depardieu Jake Lloyd Moira Kelly David Thornton David Sherrill
widow elderly woman daughter neighbor single mother young boy tender melodramatic moving apartment family home family mother/daughter relationship mother/son relationship aging self-discovery transformation growing up sacrifice 1990s
After her abusive husband leaves, Monica asks her neighbor to look after her son while she's at work. Mildred's angry daughter's just moved out, so she's happy to have JJ.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
2006
109 Minutes
Richard Griffiths Frances de la Tour Stephen Campbell Moore Samuel Barnett Dominic Cooper James Corden Jamie Parker Russell Tovey Samuel Anderson Sacha Dhawan Andrew Knott
student headmaster gay/lesbian teenager friend teacher emotional profound england university education sex literature coming of age friendship loneliness discovery pursuit transformation sacrifice
An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.
Biography, Drama
France|UK|Czech Republic
2007
140 Minutes
Marion Cotillard Clotilde Courau Jean-Paul Rouve Sylvie Testud Pascal Greggory Jean-Pierre Martins Emmanuelle Seigner Gérard Depardieu Catherine Allégret Caroline Sihol Alban Casterman
friend singer musician grandmother club owner boxer engaging melodramatic incredible spectacular brothel normandy, france street hollywood, calif. city nightclub music edith piaf troubled childhood friendship
Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.
Drama, History, Biography, Music, Gay & Lesbian
UK|USA
2018
135 Minutes
Rami Malek Lucy Boynton Gwilym Lee Ben Hardy Joseph Mazzello Aidan Gillen Tom Hollander Allen Leech Mike Myers Aaron McCusker Dermot Murphy
musician band frontman band member band manager singer gay man brash wild unrestrained sultry tense creative stage backstage hotel stadium family home mansion stardom freddie mercury
The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
Gay & Lesbian, Drama, Music
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Lena Hall Daniel Powell Mena Suvari Christine Lahti Dan Fogler Michael Zegen Hayley Kiyoko Darren Ritchie Sas Goldberg Morgan Weed
musician girlfriend mother lesbian ex-boyfriend housewife emotional engaging touching moving tender melodramatic los angeles st. louis going home female sexuality musicians failed romance musical performance unlikely romance
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a Brooklyn musician moves back in with her mother. Playing for tip money in an old friend's bar, an unexpected relationship begins to take shape. Based on the life and times of Alyssa Robbins.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
Italy|France|USA|Brazil
2017
132 Minutes
Armie Hammer Timothée Chalamet Michael Stuhlbarg Amira Casar Esther Garrel Victoire Du Bois Vanda Capriolo Antonio Rimoldi Elena Bucci Marco Sgrosso
gay man teenager young woman friend graduate student father dreamy emotional intense sultry engaging tender villa italy summer love secret love growing up forbidden love discovery 1980s
In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.
Musical, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2017
82 Minutes
Luka Kain Margot Bingham Regina Taylor Marquis Rodriguez Mj Rodriguez Indya Moore Alexia Garcia Kate Bornstein Jaylin Fletcher Stephen Conrad Moore Evander Duck Jr.
teen boy mother brother aunt drag queen transgender woman emotional profound tense powerful inspiring moving new york city high school apartment club stage homeless shelter transsexuality cross-dressing
A 14 year-old-boy, struggling with gender identity and religion, begins to use fantasy to escape his life in the inner city and find his passion in the process.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1992
100 Minutes
Elizabeth Berridge Rae Dawn Chong Sandra Bullock Fisher Stevens Brian McNamara Kris Kamm
roommate gay man investment banker artist actor social worker emotional engaging amusing los angeles hollywood, calif. house party bedroom california infidelity living together career aspirations rape friendship
3 women and a gay man in their 20s share a house in LA. Boyfriends and a kid brother come and go.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
100 Minutes
teenager daughter mother sailor boyfriend gay/lesbian bleak emotional england household love friendship mother/daughter relationship emotional abuse pregnancy family dysfunction growing up love discovery 1960s
A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
Biography, Drama
India
2016
122 Minutes
Sonam Kapoor Shabana Azmi Yogendra Tikku Shekhar Ravjiani Sadh Orhan Abrar Zahoor
young woman mother father terrorist passenger gripping thrilling intense powerful inspiring india city house airplane bedroom cockpit chasing dreams ambition abusive marriage hijacking
Neerja is the story of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
Drama
Australia|Singapore
2007
103 Minutes
Joan Chen Joel Lok Irene Chen Yuwu Qi Steven Vidler Kerry Walker Darren Yap Gabrielle Chan Ferdinand Hoang
singer young boy sailor narrator mother-in-law sister dark emotional passionate intense nightclub melbourne, australia sydney house suburbia restaurant suicide attempt family dysfunction affair emigration
A man remembers his childhood and his mother, a Chinese night club singer who struggled to survive in Australia with her two children.